Contents of the Book:
The Glückstalers in New Russia and North America:
A Bicentennial Collection of History, Genealogy and Folklore
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Contents of the 2 CD-ROMs
[searchable data discs]
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Russian Time Line
Points of origin in Germany for Glückstalers [intro]
Stumpp Passport List - Glückstalers
The early years to 1810 and the Glückstal Wolost
Glückstal village
Neudorf village
Bergdorf village
Kassel Village
Hoffnungstal/ Odessa village
Daughter Colonies and Chutors
Mobility or Wanderlust of the Glückstal Colonists
Wolost structure of the Glückstal Colonies
Parish structure of the Glückstal Colonies
Report on 1804 arrivals
Glückstal Colonies Crop Report, 1820 - Spring 1821
Statistical Reports of the Glücksal Colonies from 1825
Kassel Annahme [acceptance of new colonists] - 1830
Inheritances from abroad
Distribution of the Martin Weisser Estate
Monthly Chores in South Russia during the 1880s
Voter's Lists of 1869 [intro]
Agricultural Associations
Consumer Associations
The Colonist Wife
Seals and Stamps on Russian documents
Reports on persons living outside their colony - 1851 and 1859
The Church in the Glückstal Colonies and Hoffnungstal
American Time Line
Travel from South Russia to the U.S. and Canada
Early Glückstal Colonist Settlements in the U.S.
Third Migration [to Canada, American Northwest & California]
The Trek [from South Russia to Poland in 1944]
Einwandererzentralstelle [EWZ] - [Immigration records of 1944] intro
A Ballad of Germans from Russia
When Conflict Intrudes [Military history through WW I]
A Glückstaler in the Czar's Armies
German SS Activities in the Bergdorf Area, 1941
Farming on the Steppes and Prairies
The Glückstal women and their lives
Handwork of the Women of the Glückstal Colonies
The Paul G. Martel Clothing Collection [at the ND State Historical Soc]
A German Russian Midwife in the Dakotas
Brauche, Healing and Home Remedies
Himmelsbriefe from the Glückstal Colonies
Friedricka (Fischer) Rau Friske - A Practicing Brauchere
Causes of Death: Epidemics, Diseases and Accidents [intro]
Light Side, Dark Side: Glimpses of Germans from Russia Life
Church, School and Holiday Traditions
Some Research Tools for Germans from Russia
Researching Federal Land Records
Photos and documents donated by Glückstalers
Maps
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Disc 1:
EWZ Tables - complete
GEDCOM master file for Glückstalers [huge file!]
Index of letters in the Ashley Tribune, Wishek News, Der Staats-Anzeiger
Index of obits in the Ashley Tribune, Wishek News
Bergdorf 1828 Name List Supplement
Causes of Death in South Russia - complete table
Master Surname List for Bergdorf
Glückstal Colonies Name List of 1828
Voter's Lists of 1869 - complete
Photos of people donated by Glückstalers
Points of Origin - complete table
Ship Records of Glückstalers who came to US & Canada
Colonists signatures from an 1827 petition
Colonists signatures from the 1869 voters lists
Translations of ca. 170 letters from the Staats-Anzeiger
Disc 2: Donated Photos and documents relating to the following topics:
Brauche and Healing Arts
Church and Civil Vital Records
Churches
Farming in South Russia
Farming in the U.S.
Farms and Homes
Homestead & Citizenship documents
Military
Miscellaneous
Photos: Ukraine & Moldava
Postcards: Odessa
Postcards from the Duane Stabler Collection
Russia after 1917
Russia Miscellaneous
Russian currency
Russian Seals
Schools
Towns
Travel
Women's Handwork & Clothing
Video Documentary - available in DVD & VHS format: Heaven Is Our Homeland: The Glückstalers in New Russia and North America
1-hr documentary about the history of the Glückstal Colonies in New [or South] Russia and their residents -- and of their descendants and their settlements in the U.S. and Canada. Includes interviews and many photos, as well as special footage shot in Moldava, Ukraine and the U.S.
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